Someone to Sit in the Foxhole: A Grandfather’s Speech That Changed Everything

coffee.

He didn’t say good morning.

He didn’t even sit down.

He just held his phone out like it was a dead fish he’d found on the porch.

“Grandpa,” he said, voice tight. “You need to see this.”

I stared at the phone like it might bite.

After yesterday, I’d hoped he’d keep it in his pocket more. That he’d learned something.

But then I looked at his face.

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